WEEKS

DISTRIBUTION OF COURSE

1^st

Registration

2nd

Introduction and definition of terms. Classification of tropical parasites. Parasitic protozoans and classifications.

3^rd

Parasitic Protozoans- Morphology, life cycle, pathogenesis, treatment and prevention of Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia.

4^th

Parasitic Protozoans- Morphology, life cycle, pathogenesis, treatment and prevention of Trypanosomes, Plasmodium, Balantidium coli.

5^th

Classification of helminthes, Class Trematoda- Dioecious and hermaphroditic flukes. Schistosomes- Types, morphology, life cycle, pathogenesis, treatment and prevention.

6th

Hermaphroditic flukes- Morphology, life cycle, pathogenesis, treatment and prevention of Clonorchis sinensis, Fasciola hepatica.

7^th

Hermaphroditic flukes- Morphology, life cycle, pathogenesis, treatment and prevention of Fasciolopsis buski, Heterophyes heterophyes.

8^th

Hermaphroditic flukes- Morphology, life cycle, pathogenesis, treatment and prevention of Gastrodiscoides hominis, Paragonimus westermani.

9^th

Class Cestoda- Order Pseudophyllidea and Order Cyclophyllidea. Morphology, life cycle, pathogenesis, treatment and prevention of Diphyllobothrium latum.

10^th

Morphology, life cycle, pathogenesis, treatment and prevention of Taenia solium, Echinococcus granulosus

11^th

Phylum Nematoda- Class Aphasmida- Morphology, life cycle, pathogenesis, treatment and prevention of Trichenella spiralis, Trichuris trichiura.

12^th

Class Phasmida- Morphology, life cycle, pathogenesis, treatment and prevention of Strongyloides stercoralis, Ancyclostoma duodenale.

13^th

Class Phasmida- Morphology, life cycle, pathogenesis, treatment and prevention of Ascaris lumbricoides, Wuchereria bancrofti.

14^th

Revision.

15th

Examination.